Feed-bag support.



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992,107. P11611181 May 9, 1911.

WITNESSES 1 elm/ ag t} UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BROWN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FEED-BAG SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BROWN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at N. S. Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Feed-Bag Supports, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to feed bag supports, and the invention has forits object, first, to provide novel means for obviating the necessity ofa horse placing a feed bag upon the ground in order to reach the bottomof the feed bag, thereby preventing the feed bag from being worn andtorn by contacting with the ground; second, to afford simple andeffective means for supporting a feed bag whereby a horse can easilyreach the bottom of the same and obtain the entire contents of the feedbag; third, to prevent the waste of feed, and fourth, to provide asimple, inexpensive, and collapsible support that can be attached to thepresent type of feed bag for supporting the same in approximately ahorizontal position, thus permitting of free movement of the horses headwhile eating. These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear areat tained by a feed bag support that is constructed upon the principleof an umbrella stick and frame whereby the support can be collapsed tooccupy a comparatively small space when the feed bag is not in use.

Reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the feed bag and support as connected toa horses head. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the feed bag supportcollapsed and partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View ofthe feed bag. Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation of one of the stays orsupports and spreader thereof, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional viewof a portion of the feed bag support.

In the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 1 denotes a circularplate to which is attached, by nails or other fastening means 1*, aflexible casing 2, preferably made of canvas or other durable fabric.The casing 2 is provided with ventilating openings or vent-s 2 and inconjunction with the plate 1 constitutes the ordinary and wellknown typeof feed bag at resent used for feeding horses without unhltching orplac- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1910.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Serial No. 566,958.

ing the same in the stable, the bag being suspended or detachablyconnected to the horses head by a rope or strap 3.

Suitably attached to the bottom of the plate 1 is a cross bar 4 having adepending staple 5 centrally of its ends. Connected to the staple 5 is asnap hook 6, carried by the upper end of a stick or post 7, said stickor post being made of a length to conveniently support the plate 1 atthe proper elevation, whereby a horse can feed from the bag, as willhereinafter appear.

The stick or post 7 is recessed, adjacent to the ends thereof for springcatches 9, and adapted to engage said catches are runners 10 slidablymounted upon the stick or post 7. Pivotally connected to the runners 10,as at 11, are a plurality of angularly disposed equally-spaced stays orsupports 12, and these supports intermediate the ends thereof arepivotally connected, as at 13, to spreaders 14 pivotally connected, asat 15, to lugs 16 peripherally arranged around the ferrule 8 of the snaphook 6 and a sleeve 17 mounted upon the lower end of the stick or post7.

With the runners 10 supported by the catches 9, the stays or supports 12will be retained in an extended position to firmly support the plate 1in a horizontal position, and also to support the stick or post 7 in avertical position, and with the runners 10 moved toward each other uponthe stick, the stays or supports will be retained in a retractedposition in proximity to the stick 7, allowing the plate 1 to be easilyremoved. The lower end of the stick or post 7 is provided with ascrew-eye or eyelet 18, and when the feed bag support is collapsed itcan be suspended by the screw-eye 18 from a suitable hook or sup ort orit will occupy a comparatively sma 1 space in a box. When in a set-up orextended position, it serves practically the same purpose as astationary feed box. The stick 7 is preferably made of wood similar tothe plate 1, while the remainder of the support is made of light anddurable metal.

What I claim, is

The combination with a flexible feed bag having arigid bottom, and atransversely extending bar secured to the base of said bottom and havinga staple depending therefrom substantially midway of its ends, of asupporting stick, a snap hook fixed on the upper end of said stick andprovided with peripherally arranged lugs, a runner on the supportingstick, stays pivotally connected at their lower ends to said runner andat their upper ends adapted to engage the bottom of said feed bag,spreaders pivotally connected at their ends to said stays and to thelugs of said snap hook respectively, a sleeve fixed on the lower end ofsaid stick and provided wit-h peripherally arranged lugs, a secondrunner on the supporting stick, stays pivotally connected at their upperends to said runner and at their lower ends adapted to engage theground, spreaders pivotally connected at their ends to said stays and tothe lugs of said sleeve respectively, and spring catches carried by thesup- 5 porting stick for holding the stays at the upper and lower endsof said stick in extended posit-ion when the snap hook is in engagementwith said staple.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 20 in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN BROWN.

Witnesses:

SOL MILLER, L. B. MCCONAGHEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

